Valley Hi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Valley Hi in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Valley HiTexas (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Valley Hi plotted against Texas and United States. While Texas and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Valley Hi's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Valley Hi's incremental SNDi fell from 4.64 to 4.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Valley Hi ranked 35th out of 42 cities in Texas and 259th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.15
Rank in United States
170th of 333
Rank in Texas
31st of 42

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.12
Rank in United States
259th of 333
Rank in Texas
35th of 42

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Valley HiWauMongo

In new street additions, Valley Hi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Wau built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mongo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.